joins us. 'd on high alert in washington d.c. security preparations are in full gear ahead of joe biden's inauguration. i'm on the inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. though we didn't health officials revised code that 19 vaccination guidelines as some elderly patients die off to getting their. russian opposition leader lexing of only is a rested on arrival from germany after recovering from

a poison attack. on the run and hundreds flee west down for walk to tribal fighting kills more than 80 people. 3 days ahead of the integration of u.s. president elect joe biden washington d.c. is virtually closed off there's unprecedented security of affairs of armed protests following a mob attack on the capital this month that left 5 people dead roads around the seats of the u.s. congress happened blocked with barricades and metal fences the national guard has been deployed and the f.b.i. has warned of possible marches by pro trump supporters. i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c.

what you're showing is really the federal on play book washington d.c. now we're in the 700000 of us live so our police department working with our federal law enforcement partners and the united states army quite frankly so has a plan to hit if we have any attacks in our neighborhoods other states also saying hyson security governors have rolled out a show of force to counter the threats all extremist groups small arms supporters of outgoing president donald trump gathered outside some capitals but as joe biden inherits the white house from donald trump the new president faces more challenges than just a deeply divided nation and has proposed a stimulus plan to help americans struggling in a pandemic economy. maid who joins us live from washington d.c. let's start with the security situation where you are set the scene for us in washington d.c. . well certainly as you said this is washington

d.c. has never seen as much security in recent history if ever you can just see behind me that's one of the many road blocks that you will encounter if you have a drive around the capitol now this one is this 1st road block that sort of does it needs the green zone beyond that no traffic is allowed only residents or people working in that area can access and then after that there's another round there's another road block and that sort of does it needs a red zone which is design review in proximity of the white house capitol hill and in that area no one is allowed in except if you are working for the government or if you have a special permit certainly a lot of security so far more than 11000 national guard have a ride here from all over the country by wednesday that number will jump to 25000

just to give you a comparison 4 years ago at this time well it was the integration of president they were a lot of protests scheduled for you know gratian day and only 8000 national guard were deployed and that just gives you a sense of how seriously the. security services here are to regarding this situation of the moment the threat that is coming actually from within the united states wonder what about all the states across the u.s. how they are preparing for any potential violence. well the f.b.i. has been warning for the past few days that from what they gathered shattered the chatter on social media and other intelligence they gathered that they thought that . many several far right groups were actually planning to have armed and large scale potentially violent protests in the days leading to the

inauguration day and on inauguration day in virtually all 50 states so every what you see here smaller scale in every capital of every state across. it is a very unique and i think historical moment for many americans are we watching this quite flabbergasted of what's happening in the country but that is the situation the government feels is under threat not only the federal government but the local governments also feel that there's also a lot of security around other buildings like we were 2 days ago in richmond virginia we've witnessed the capitol there being also the capitol building there also being should have sealed off barriers being put up windows being boarded up but as we were standing there just 2 blocks away there was the building of the average supreme court and there was a bomb threat at the time there everything had been immediately sealed off so you

do when you walk around not only in d.c. but in other parts of the country you do feel that sort of sort of apprehension that expectation that may be anything can unfold at any time and i think that has a lot to do with the image of what unfolded here on january 6th when all these rioters entered capitol hill it's an image that has taken by surprise a country and has definitely shocked the country with many us where we're to security services and intelligence services doing at the time so this time now leading to integration you have the complete opposite you have an increase and really a full scale deployment with deployment and mobilization to make sure that everything goes smoothly. many thanks for that me joining us there live from washington d.c. .

no way has warned that vaccinating elderly people with very serious conditions may be unsafe after 13 patients died following side effects the deaths happened linked to the pfizer biotech vaccine health officials say fever and nausea was side effects that may have led to the death of these frail patients they're emphasizing the safety off these vaccines what we have seen is that we have reports of people dying shortly after being vaccinated all these people are nursing home patients they're all very sick and they have a very short life span but what they did see is that some of these patients had fever nausea vomiting diarrhea that could have tipped them over with very severe underlying cease as i said we are not learning about this there is no reason to fear the vaccine we just want to be a little more specific which saw

a small group or very ill patients otherwise we see no problem with continuing the vaccination let's get more on this we can speak to john moore he is a vaccine research and professor of microbiology and immunology at will cornell medicine joining us by skype from new york many thanks for speaking to us and al-jazeera john what is your reaction to this news at least a dozen elderly people have died in norway as a result of these side effects of this pfizer vaccine. well pretty similar to what your previous speaker just for the whole way it's 400 home residents stuff and no way every week some sometimes you see people dying after receiver back but if you come back saying that have absolutely nothing to do that by coincidence time but these cases being then say by the norwegian health of the mission they will eventually come up with some kind of answer as the previous speaker is

a very old very frail patients some of them terminally ill that's a word you wonder why they're even being immunized if they haven't you got weeks to live and it's in a pool and doing a very. well that sort of. science and it's really not it's really not an issue of safety and it's last. and no one has suggested that these kind of in 1000 vaccines may be too risky for the very old antennae l. and is something you seem to be implying i mean does it raise questions over which groups a target when it comes to these national inoculation programs well again these are very unusual circumstances most recipients of bets on it's feet in the spray or. some sort of rest of them well in some cases and some the air on it there are very very few there are no reports of any more happening in the usa 'd

there are no reports in the a that. so these are if these are truly. a school place i'm and should all make public. statements by accident. but we put so far on the events that tens of billions of people. without this kind of a scientific ceremony learn it's it is there likely to make people nervous they're a you can stand that reports of deaths like this will put people off taking the vaccine you know it's a very real concern i have inquiries friends in all people it's asking about. i see it toppling some stories it's always that thing on the opposite backs people all over this trying to use it to poison the public's mind about the safety aspects but again it's a very stressful time use so it deserves to be looked at before we go it's

a look or say. recommend it change stuff so they will as more people around the wells. get these vaccinations will we see more stories like this in norway and how do we determine. what is acceptable in terms of side effects when your cost is say more story one in a 1000000 of. them and if you have you know i'm birds of millions of 100000000 cases it's some of these or side effects but you know i would take my chances on a 1w1cw side effect given the rest of the quire eating stuff and over this all well it's worse but no form of madness is hunger sense and hundreds. but what it expects is you could go so far i mean the spurs 1000000 chase

the 1st 2000000. votes. they were trying to walk. throughout the all or in most cases of the time it's things one gets the stands so nobody wants to be a stay there while a 'd mile down the selectric reaction but 20 want it to a 1000000 who's one of the 100000 charms something pretty mild as i say i would take. john more vaccine research and professor of microbiology and immunology at will cornell medicine many thanks. to brazil which has officially begun its national vaccination campaign giving a nurse from sao paolo the 1st job she was given the chinese made sin of ag vaccine that's after the country's health regulator gave emergency approval along with the u.k. made oxford astra zeneca job brazil has the 2nd highest death toll after the us at

over 200000 people. let's go to monica yannick he who joins us now from menow us so to vaccines approved how will it impact the fight against the virus in brazil which has been badly hit. well yes brazil has been waiting for this green light for a very long time it's like being behind a smaller neighbors like chile. and argentina and finally now today we have the 1st person that was sedated in some it's not just. a hold for the rest of the country but it's also part of a power struggle between the governor some. who has been pressing the government and saying that he would start vaccination in some bar which is the

richest state as soon as he can and president also maddow has always downplayed the virus and has also questioned china's capability of producing a good vaccine is that was on the astra zeneca vaccine and there has been a delay in getting those vaccines which familiar we were going to get brazil is going to get the 1st 2000000 doses from. pretty soon now and this has been delayed because india according to present table so matter started backs its own backs a nation campaign so big put a hold on the exports of these 2000000 doses to brazil so having said that there is still a lot of hope but things have been pretty slow hero and the vaccination not collations will begin on wednesday but you have to distribute this throughout the country in a proportionate manner of cording to the governor i mean i'm sorry according to the

health minister you have to they're going to distribute these various doses and the only vaccines that are now in the country available for distribution are 6000000 doses of the corona back fact seen the one that both have been questioning so there is hope but there's also everybody's waiting because it's taken so long and there's a whole process. of logistics brazil is a very huge country will huge difference as we're standing right now in my mouse which has had a problem with whack of oxygen and hospitals. and here transported to the most remote regions there are parts of the state that you can only get there by boat and it's like a navy ship or day days of a trip on boat it's not like just crossing a small river it's a long journey so but brazil also has on the other side a long history of being very trained in my vaccination campaigns and it does have

very good scientific institutions so there's hope here and but people are wary still many thanks but monica speaking to us there from. protests have continued into days after the 10s anniversary of topping the president zena out of indian ben ali for the 2nd straight day there's been fighting between police and protesters in several major cities including the capital tunis people angry about the country's economic crisis and its poor public services the police have arrested 240 people most of them with teenagers. still ahead on al-jazeera a palestinian course is hearing a case against an israeli settler in what's believed to be the 1st case of its kind we'll have more from the occupied west bank.

thank. you. the blizzards have ceased now but the winter storms rolling through the east and we left behind a fairly cold but not exceedingly cold weather throughout the rest of the u.s. many states will see cloud the little bit as snows like these through the rockies it's been particularly warm in los angeles and san diego up to 31 a couple of days goes cool down a little bit but there will be a change in typewriting los angeles for example may well see the santa ana winds developing there those could be dangerous because is it is dry in california and fires have not entirely disappeared so there is a risk but this particular wind is associated with a low pressure area off the coast that might well be the rather more showers in the mix otherwise nothing much to talk about for the immediate future south of that we've seen significant rain in honduras reason it is more to come on monday that it

goes around the corner to nicaragua otherwise standard fare for this time the a quite pleasant weather center carob it is dry in most of colombia venezuela right is potentially their western side of colombia but look at this this mass in bolivia that's all part of a system has just come up from the south he's given evidence of dropping 140 millimeters in one shower so for bolivia that is potentially flash flood territory once again. but. she was a society hostess in beirut in the 1940 s. he was in touch with a lot of people from the lebanese the recrossing to make this work code name was the power and she spied for mossad in lebanon for. what she was doing it was something brave as a woman algis you know well douses story of sulaco in. the beirut.

the. you're watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour there's heightened security in the u.s. capital days before the presidential inauguration small groups approach from supporters have staged protests outside state capitals as governors increase forces on the ground. no way has worn the vaccinating elderly people with very serious underlying health conditions may be unsafe after 13 patients died from side effects the tests have been linked to the pfizer biotech vaccine. brazil has officially

begun its national vaccination campaign giving in the us from sao paolo the 1st job after the health regulator gave emergency approval to the chinese made sin of ag vaccine as well as the oxford astra zeneca jab. the incoming u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan has joined the e.u. in calling for the media release of the russian opposition. and all may go as far as possible control when he was detained at moscow's sheremetyevo airport he spent the past 5 months in germany after being poisoned in untac he says was ordered by president vladimir putin bori challen reports. it's a particular type of person to survive a probable state sanctioned poisoning and then returned to the country you believe tried to kill you a country where you face imminent arrest bottle never gave the slightest suggestion

he would do anything else following months of recuperation in germany alexei and wife yulia took their seats on a moscow bound plane from berlin. with him and the only boy bring us a little vodka we're flying home says yulia quoting a much loved russian gangster movie it's a number on the whole mark that he and his family make light of the many dangers they face and what he faced was jail on arrival he violated his suspended sentence by leaving russia to receive life saving treatment he makes a choice is a brave man because he always pretended he's a brave man who. has no fear before that gorgeous he has no fear or. he has no fear of law and order machine now it's the time to prove. prove these claims.

and show the deeds that's why if he states brought. well he diminish his claims being well. and pray for position and have the airport where he was due to land police detained members of his team and through supporters outside the rally his playing was then diverted to another moscow airport away from the crowds after landing he spoke to the journalists who traveled with him. absolutely was not him i am not afraid i feel ok walking free immigration i will post it because i know that i am right and i don't need a criminal case against me have been forged so scary stories that they have tried to scare me wave it is not only the truth by my side but also to quote us. but our passport control officer a goodbye kiss with his wife police led the valley away the kremlin denies the f.s.b. had any role in last year's novacek poisoning that nearly kills the opposition

leader but now it seems likely russia will jail no brownie for surviving it rory chalons al-jazeera. police in guatemala have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of honduran migrants trying to cross into the u.s. security forces surrounded the group on the highway and bought a honda near the border with honduras some were arrested as they tried to break through a police blockade and head for mexico john holeman has more from mexico city i confrontation between guatemalan security forces thousands of people from honduras trying to cross the country and eventually reach the u.s. . a city gas canister. this 6000 people are traveling up to modern authorities estimate that makes this one of the biggest caravans from honduras since they began in 2018 but if there was a police tried to stop them on the border. authorities said they wouldn't let

anyone him without the code test with the right papers making this a danger to a country already struggling with the pandemic was that they got through these people a desperate little bit and my goal is to reach the united states why because of the level of crime that we have in this country because of the lack of work the lack of education because of extreme poverty. and duress was already one of the poorest the most violent countries in latin america but 1st the pandemic and then 2 massive storms in november have made things worse. they're also traveling at a moment when joe biden is about to be inaugurated as the new u.s. president many see him as more sympathetic with silence equals with the acting customs and border protection she really told these people not to waste their time and money on the trip he says any change in administration makes no difference to the rule of law i even that message didn't get to them or more likely the 2

desperate to listen john home how does either. the governor of sudan's west for state says security is being steps are off to tribal fighting killed 80 people buildings have been set lines in the west for state capital the governor mohammed dumas says at least 160 people have been injured he blames armed groups from central and south don't fall for the violence which is forcing people to flee the region have a morgan has more details from car too. renewed intercom violence in the western region of the hour for this time in the west are far in the capital janina has raised questions on the ability of the transitional government to be able to secure and stabilize a region that has been torn and marred by 17 years of conflict that did not end to last november when most of the armed groups fighting in the region signed a peace deal with the transitional government on saturday verbal clashes between 2

individuals from opposing tribes led to violence that left at least 2 people killed and several injured state authorities said that it has imposed a curfew and still further north has an authorized security forces to use force if necessary to control the situation now at the same time another incident unfolded and attacked by armed groups on a displacement camp led to the deaths of dozens and displacement of people who are living in the camps due to the 17 years of conflict and who once again found themselves on the run being displaced seeking safety and refuge now this raises questions on whether this is the result of a vacuum that has been left by the african union united nations peacekeeping mission which was known as the in the med and which its mandate and that on the 31st of december people in the region are quite concerned they've been calling on the governments to to take control of the situation some of them even calling for disarmament because they say the region is washed with weapons due to the years of conflict but they also say that they are worried with the withdrawal of the intimate and with so many insecurities happening so many intercom and clashes

happening that the government may not be able to control the situation and that they may need other a 3rd party to be able to control the situation until the transitional government can step up and provide them with the safety and security they need. it's what's believed to be the 1st case of its kind a palestinian court is hearing a case against an israeli settler accused of damaging land and property palestinian courts don't have jurisdiction over israeli citizens but this case is being heard because it involves a dual citizen needa bring him reports from the occupied west bank. that has been trying to build his house for the past 8 years but he hasn't been able to he says israeli settlers regularly attacked the building in the occupied west bank so he filed a lawsuit against one of them but in what is believed to be the 1st case of its kind it's a being heard in a palestinian court not an israeli one his house is located the village he says

problems began after 2 illegal israeli settlement outposts were built in the area during the past decade. for 7 kilometers towards my house and tell me that i am in the settlements land this is mylan i insist on building my house i'm staying here. nevers lawyer say this is the 1st lawsuit to be brought against an israeli settler in a palestinian court they have been able to bring the case as the sutler has dual nationality it followed a decision by the palestinian president to dissolve agreements signed with israel. relations with israel were later restored but palestinian authority officials still encourage plaintiffs to seek legal action although palestinian courts do not have jurisdiction over israelis they can look into cases against dual citizens but it's unclear how any order by this court would be implemented the court is going to get difficult to serve the staff there with the writ and al-jazeera was unable to

obtain details of his nationality identity or response now after his lawyers say the case could establish ways for palestinians to achieve justice outside israeli jurisdiction. this could be a preliminary step when we have a final court order we can resort to regional or international courts one could even file for compensation in israeli courts. plus 10 years one the international criminal court in the hague or i.c.c. to investigate israeli settlement activity in 2019 the prosecutor said she believes there are grounds for opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in palestine this actually supports the prosecution's contention that the state of palestine does have jurisdiction over all or all areas or all parts of its territory. and also over all its territory the i.c.c.

is pretrial chamber has yet to rule in its jurisdiction in palestine but many palestinians say they have little faith that the court's decision will change the reality back in but he never says he plans to keep building his house no matter how many times it's vandalized. the occupied west bank. this is al jazeera these are the top stories there's heightened security in the u.s. capital days before the presidential inauguration small groups of protracted supporters have also staged protests outside state capitals i'm not i'm not only concerned about their state capitals i'm also concerned about other parts of washington d.c. and what you're showing is really the federal enclave of washington d.c. now we're.